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What will you say, when he shall set over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? shall not sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?
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When Friends Become Tyrants
Commentators unanimously explain that Judah's political allies, the very nations they courted for security, would become their conquerors. God would turn their misplaced faith in foreign powers into the instrument of their judgment. This serves as a stark warning against placing ultimate trust in worldly powers instead of in God.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Translate, What will you say, O Jerusalem, when He, Yahweh, will set over you as head those whom you have taught to be your close friends?…
19th Century
Anglican
What will you say? —The verse is difficult, and requires an entire retranslation.
What will you (the daughter of Z…
16th Century
Protestant
As the Prophet observed that the Jews were in no way moved, he addressed them still further and set before them what then seemed incredible—the cal…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
What will you say when he shall punish you ? &c.] Or, "visit upon you" F6 ; that is, either when God shal…
Here is a message sent to King Jehoiakim and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. If they ask, "Why do these things come upon us?" let t…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he gives the application of the allegory, and on this topic, he makes two points.
First, he applies the allegory to the puni…
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